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Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

One of the world’s most powerful corporations was established on a random Albuquerque street corner.